Jodi Mohrmann Cellphone Dangers For Walkers Summary

In the article Cellphone dangers for walkers by Jodi Mohrmann it discusses that people that text and walk while on cellphones are becoming just as dangerous as people who text and drive, often walking into streets or walking into others. The researchers say that from 2005 to 2010 the number of accidents that have happened from walking and texting have doubled, and that the number of emergency room visits is on the rise. I chose this article because researchers from the university of Ohio state suggest that manufacturers create a cellphone that locks during moments of movement. I disagree with this suggestion, and believe it is an unnecessary on the fact that people just need to be more aware of their surrounds, focusing more on what they hear and see.
In chapter four nonverbal communication, and the negative effects of certain gestures can change the way a customer and an employee interact are discussed. Most often when I am at work, walking a client around the grocery store, I see many people on cell phones, whether they are talking, texting or looking at grocery list apps on the phone, the people no longer have undivided attention on the task at hand. I believe the article I read provides insight in what can …show more content…
Imagine a person, waiting for the busy deli assistants, flip out their cellphone, and starts playing apps, or looking over something on the screen. As the line moves forward, all the person can see around their cell phone screen, is an open space of floor, so they step forward, and with our realizing they were facing the wrong direction, turn into a deli display. The person has knocked over the display, interrupting the pace of the line and the job of the deli assistant who now has to clean it